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Email at Rice
Once you receive your Rice student or employee ID number, you can set up your Rice email account by activating your NetID. You will receive an email at your personal email address directing you to visit MyNetID.rice.edu to activate your NetID and to set up multi-factor authentication using Duo. Through this activation process, you will learn what NetID, or account name, was assigned to you, and you can set your first password.
Official communication from the university will be sent only to your Rice email account so be sure to check it regularly. Your NetID will always function as an email address (NetID@rice.edu). You may also create additional email aliases to make it easier for people to remember your address (read more about creating an email alias in this article).
Email Tools: Google Mail, Office 365
- Undergraduate and graduate students: use the Google Workspace for Education web interface for email (referred to as "Rice Gmail") and the full suite of Google Workspace for Education apps.
- Employees (faculty and staff): use the Google web interface for email (referred to as "Rice Gmail") and the full suite of Google Workspace for Education apps.
- Rice Business (students, faculty and staff) and select departments: use Microsoft 365.
Email Access Options:
- Rice Gmail:
- Using a web browser: Go to the Gmail homepage and use your NetID@rice.edu address as your username to log in.
- Using an email client: See Gmail at Rice for third-party email client configurations for Rice Gmail.
- Using a mobile client: Rice OIT recommends using the Gmail app on iOS and Android.
- Rice Microsoft 365:
- Using a web browser: Go to the Microsoft Office portal and use your NetID@rice.edu address as your username to log in.
- Using an email client: See Microsoft 365 Exchange in Outlook (First-time Setup) to configure the Outlook application.
- Using a mobile client: Rice OIT recommends using the Outlook app on iOS and Android.
Secure your Email
Here are a few security tips:- Criminals want access to your Rice email. Prevent their attacks by choosing strong passwords and changing your password frequently.
- Don't fall for phishing messages (phony + fishing = phishing). These are clever attempts to trick you into revealing your password by replying to the message or logging into a fake site designed to look like an official web page (Rice, your bank, etc).
- Don't send confidential or sensitive information by email - either in the content of the message or as an attachment. If you must send this type of information by email, use encryption or share the attachment using Box at Rice University.
- Every device you use to read your email stores a copy on the device itself. Secure all devices - desktop computers, cell phones, tablets, and laptops with a strong password and encrypt mobile devices where possible.
- Learn more on the Rice Information Security Office's website.
For more information and support, please contact the OIT Help Desk.